DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Sedum. 125 



Pl&nt erect, slender. Ls. joined at the base, three-ribbed at the 

 back, smooth. Fl. -stalks sohtary, single fl., hair-like, erect, 

 longer than the h., numerous. Fl. small, white, inconspicuous. 

 Cal.-ls. spear-shaped, acute, margins membranous, white. 

 * * Stipulas membranous, 



A. rubra. Purple S. Leaves linear, bristle-pointed. 



Stipulas membranous, sheathing-. Seeds compressed, 



angular, roughish. E. B. 852. 

 Sandy fields. * Shotover Hill, in a furze close, where sand had. 



been dug. Sb. (Gravel pits on the side of the Abingdon Road, 



running through Bagley Wood. JB.r. Abundant about Rugby. 



An. June. 



Spreads widely on the ground, the handsome small blossoms 

 expand in bright weather. Stems limber and feeble, leafy, 

 round, a little swollen at the joints. Ls. flat, narrow, rather 

 fleshy. Stip. white, cloven. Fl.-panicles terminal, leafy, 

 forked, the ends clustered : fl.-stalks downy, clammy. Cal.-ls. 

 hairy, ribless, margin membranous. Pet. purple, mostly shorter 

 than cal. Seeds wedge-shaped, angular, rough on the outer 

 edge, with sharp tubercles. The seeds a distinctive mark. 



DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



COTYLEDON.' Navel-wort.^ 



C. Umbilicus. Common N. Leaves target-shaped, 

 notched. Flowers in a long spike-like bunch, droop- 

 ing. Bracteas entire. Root tuberous. E. B. 325. 



Old walls. 



Per. June. 



Stem and Is. fleshy. Stems nearly simple, round, purplish, erect. 



Fl.-spike branched, j^. cylindrical, numerous, pale-yellow. Ls. 



smooth, stalked ; stem-Is. less target-shaped, at length changed 



for small, spear-shaped, entire bract. Cor. cylindric segments 



small, erect. Anth. in tw^o rows. 



The juice, a cooling application. G. E. 



SEDUM. Orpine, and Stonecrop. 



* Leaves flat. 



S. TeUphium.^ Orpine, or Live-long. Leaves flattish, 

 saw-toothed. Corymb leafy. Stem erect. E. B. 



' Kotule, a cavity, Gr. from the hollow leaves. - From the leaves. 



' Named after Telephus. 



